Other diseases in conjunction with thyroid disease?

I have/had Hashimoto's Thyroiditis and had my thyroid removed last March (2011) because of a multinodular goiter. My TSH levels are great (between .7 and 1.5 over the last 8 months or so) but I keep testing cuz I'm tired...

Now it's time to test for other things, lol. So I know to test for TSH. What else concerning thyroid disease?

And I am also having them test for celiac's disease and addison's disease. Anyone have this in conjunction with thyroid disease? How about anemia?

I'm not looking forward to going to the doctor again but my husband convinced me that sleeping 14 hours a day was too much, lol. Last time I tried to be proactive about it and demand something was wrong despite great TSH levels, they stuck me with depression meds because of my "PPD" (my daughter was 18 months old at the time) even though I don't think I'm a sad person. Well, I've been on those drugs (jumped around a few different types with little to no success) for over 6 months and want to try something different.

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Hashimoto's IS linked with gluten intolerance and I've found that I am both gluten intolerant and have Hashimoto's. So while you may not test out as Celiac's, it might be worth trying 100% gluten free for a month to see if that helps.

Have you ever had a sleep study done or do you happen to know if you snore/snort while you are sleeping? I was diagnosed with Sleep Apnea last year when my sleep study showed that I was waking myself up more then 30 times an hour to breathe.

As for the thyroid itself, have they tested anything OTHER then TSH? I know you've already been diagnosed with Hashimoto's, but it may be that even though your TSH is great, that you are still imbalanced in your Free T3's, and Free T4's and need more thyroid meds then you may currently be on.

One last thought is that you could be Vitamin D or B12 deficient. Have you ever had either of those tested?

The first thing I would want tested would be free (not total) T3 and free T4, as that's the most likely culprit. TSH just isn't a good measure of thyroid function, especially after TT. It seems very common for people to have a T4-->T3 conversion issue after TT as well, so that free T3 test is pretty critical. Many women have a super low TSH (ex: .01) when their free T's are sufficient.

Celiac disease and Hashimoto's are both auto-immune diseases and they are associated with each other. I have both. It is certainly worth being tested for celiac disease; only 3% of those of us who have it are diagnosed and the consequences of having it and not knowing it are quite severe.

I would guess that you need a much higher dose of thyroid replacement than what you're on. Most of us have really low TSH when our Free T3 and Free T4 are where they should be (mine, for example, is 0.01). I would be a hypothyroid DISASTER if my TSH was 0.7, because it would correspond with too low Free T3 and Free T4.

I'm also going to guess that you're on T4-only replacement and that you need something that also contains T3 (I take Nature-Throid for example). Most of us need both T4 and T3 replacement, and it's even more true of people who have had TTs.

It is a classic reaction of a bad doctor to give a thyroid patient anti-depressants instead of properly treating the underlying hypothyroidism. Do you have a better doctor now?